Re: umlauts (8bit characters) input

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 31.01.2005 um 23:44 schrieb Hendrik Sattler:

> Peter Dyballa wrote:
> > Am 31.01.2005 um 17:44 schrieb Hendrik Sattler:
> >
> > >  '(default-input-method "german-postfix")
> >
> > Doesn't this setting mean to input all umlauts as `a"??
>
> Does that imply to ignore a real 'ä' key? I deleted that line but the
> behaviour did not change.

Actually I can't tell -- still searching for some answers. Here are 
some answers from my .emacs:

;       (set-language-environment               'UTF-8)
        (set-default-coding-systems             'utf-8)
        (setq file-name-coding-system           'utf-8)
        (setq default-buffer-file-coding-system 'utf-8)
        (setq coding-system-for-write           'utf-8)
;       (set-keyboard-coding-system             'utf-8)
        (set-terminal-coding-system             'utf-8)
;;      (set-clipboard-coding-system            'utf-8)
;;      (set-selection-coding-system            'utf-8)
;       (set-language-environment               'German)

This is for X11 on Mac OS X. The following is for "Carbon Emacsen", 
i.e. a GNU Emacs that fits into the Aqua environment. These have some 
restrictions with fonts or fontsets, so restrict them to use ISO Latin.

        (setq file-name-coding-system           'utf-8)
        (setq default-buffer-file-coding-system 'iso-latin-9-unix)
        (set-language-environment               'German)
        (set-default-coding-systems             'iso-latin-9-unix)
        (set-keyboard-coding-system             'iso-latin-9)
        (prefer-coding-system                   'iso-latin-9-unix)

I think the most important is default-buffer-file-coding-system. It 
makes Emacs aware and work with umlauts. Using the right fontsets (or 
at least fonts) should enable you to see the umlauts too. If you here 
the umlauts when you type them you might need 
set-keyboard-coding-system and/or set-terminal-coding-system. It's 
always helpful to check what Emacs actually receives: C-h k and then 
you type the umlaut.

Probably your Linux system too uses UTF-8 as file-name-coding-system ...

--
Mit friedvollen Grüßen

  Pete

"They're putting dimes in the hole in my head to see the change in me."